First, thank you very much for reading my articles. I’ve been posting tips, fixes and customization ideas online for Windows, since 2003 when I was given free hosting by the generous folks at MVPS.org, as I was a Microsoft MVP then (2003 to 2012).<\/p>\n
Then in 2005, this site, winhelponline.com was established as I had to move over to Linux hosting platform to leverage a popular CMS that ran on Linux. After about a couple of years, again I had to switch over to WordPress, which is the best open-source CMS in the recent years.<\/p>\n
Winhelponline has had a great year in 2016 and looking for a more prosperous year ahead. I don’t have a concrete roadmap for 2017 — I’ll just continue what I’m doing now. I’m hoping to interact with you much more in the future. Feel free to send in your article comments, suggestions. Also, when you find a post that’s worth sharing, please share. That way, this site also benefits.<\/p>\n
Wishing you a Happy New Year 2017.<\/p>\n
Best Regards to you all.<\/p>\n
Ramesh Srinivasan, ex-Microsoft MVP
\nWinhelponline.com, online since 2005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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